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Comcast Faces Open Season on the Cable Bundle

A sudden horde of video competitors should make the networking giant rethink its role in the digital future.

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Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.

March 20, 2015 6:46 p.m. ET

So long have we been waiting for Internet-based competitors to cable, the sudden outpouring almost seems anticlimactic. Sony, Dish, HBO, CBS, Verizon and Showtime have all spilled out offerings or soon will. This being a month that starts with either a vowel or consonant, Apple is also reported to be on the verge of jumping in.

The new bundles, so far, mostly ape existing bundles, providing a lineup of channels for an audience that’s willing to watch whatever’s on. Television is ripe to be transformed far more radically. That...

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